17 February 2008

Sunday's Misadventures

Well, actually there weren't any misadventures - just a whole lot of busy...

This morning I finished the elephant pouch for C. There was a bit of time taken to figure out the illustration and the embroidery but once I got that sorted it went quick! I'm pleased with how it came out and now that I've got it figured out future ones will be super-fast.

This afternoon I volunteered for the Brockley Cross Action Group picking up litter and pulling weeds in the Brockley Common area. Liz showed up too and we met a lot of nice people. It was nice to be out in the sun today. I hope that next time we'll do some planting.

We got some odd looks from people using the train station. The fellow who coordinated the work had an interesting point which is that now that community work is being used to relieve overcrowding in jails it's made volunteering a bit 'down market'. Particularly with youth. We did get asked by a passerby if we were doing community service, I seriously cannot imagine anyone who turned up today committing crime.

Sam's been away gigging this weekend and I wasn't expecting him back until at least 7:00 this evening. The house was a tip as I was a bit over committed this weekend. My plan was to come home and tidy up after volunteering and pretend that it had been clean all weekend. I didn't tell Sam that I was going to be out this afternoon and he actually came back when I was out, around 3:30. I had left the house in a hurry with dishes pouring out of the sink, laundry strewn over radiators/folded piles on the floor, sewing gear thrown around the dining room.... I got a text that simply said:

"Have you run away from home because of the mess? It's ok. I'll help tidy up! Where are you?"

The house is clean now. We've had a nice Sunday roast and we're ready for Scott to start work on our new central heating tomorrow...when all the mess starts again...